- Steve Dunn (referee)
infobox football official
name = Steve Dunn
fullname = Stephen W Dunn
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|10|24
cityofbirth =Gloucestershire
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =
years = ? - ? ? - ? ? -19861986-19921992-19951995-2006
league = Gloucs. County LeagueWestern LeagueFootball Conference Football LeagueFootball LeaguePremier League
role = RefereeRefereeRefereeLinesmanRefereeReferee
internationalyears = 1992-19971997-2002
confederation =FIFA listedFIFA listed
internationalrole = Asst. refereeRefereeStephen W. Dunn is an English former FA Premier League football referee. He was born on
24 October 1957 , and hails fromGloucestershire ,England . [ [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0,,10794~628215,00.html Football League Referee Profile] :the Football League Official website.]Career
He started refereeing local matches in 1978. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Refereeing/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/10/27927.htm "Steve has Dunn it all"] : Interview at
the Football Association Official website.]He progressed through the
Gloucestershire County League , the Western League and theFootball Conference to become a linesman inthe Football League in 1986.His appointment to the Football League list of referees came in 1992, and in the same year he became one of the first of the new
FIFA assistant referee s. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/learning_centre/careers/newsid_2090000/2090854.stm Biographical References] : "Academy" feature at theBBC.co.uk website.]Dunn's first ever Premiership match was on
23 August 1995 , when Tottenham lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa, the only goal coming fromUgo Ehiogu . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259936 First Premier League Appointment] , Spurs v. Aston Villa:soccerbase .com website.]He reached the FIFA list of referees in 1997. Thus he became the first English official to achieve the "double" of the FIFA referees and FIFA assistants lists, a feat later matched by Steve Bennett,
Graham Barber andMatt Messias . He completed six years at this level, stepping down at the age of 45 in 2002, although he continued refereeing as an over-age official in the 'domestic' competitions until 2005.In 2000, he was the man in the middle at the
FA Trophy Final betweenKingstonian F.C. and Kettering Town.One of his career highlights was the 2001 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Liverpool, when the 'Gunners' lost 2-1, their goal supplied by Freddie Ljungberg, but with two late goals coming from
Michael Owen to reverse the scoreline at 90 minutes. He denied Arsenal two clearcut penaltys, one a clear handball on the line from Stephane Henchoz.He would go on to referee
Football League Cup semi-final s in 2002 and 2004.Dunn's final Premier League game was Fulham's emphatic 6-0 win at home to relegated Norwich City on
15 May 2005 . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=452089 Last Premier League Appointment] , Fulham v. Norwich: soccerbase.com website.]He refereed his last professional match on
18 May 2005 , when he took charge of West Ham's 2-0 win against Ipswich Town in the Championship play-off semi-final 2nd leg atPortman Road , both goals coming fromBobby Zamora . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=452097 Championship Play-off Semi-final 2005] , West Ham v. Ipswich: soccerbase.com website.] He was appointed to referee for the following season (2005-06) but made no appearances due to injury.References
Print
*Rothmans / Sky Sports Football Yearbooks, 1992-2005.
Internet
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=136 Steve Dunn Referee Statistics] at
soccerbase .com
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